I told you so: Luis Scola is a complete and total badass
by grungedave on Mar 15, 2010 12:07 PM CDT
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The concept of "Luis Landry" may be dead... but one thing remains the same:
Luis Scola is a complete and total badass.
And I told you so.
44 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists...... and I do not care that it was against the Nets. Scoring 44 points in an NBA game is not easy. Unless you are Kobe Bryant or Kevin Durant. Scoring 44 points when you are never the first option on offense and your coach never wakes up in time to let you play in the fourth quarter also presents a bit of an obstacle. Because Luis Scola is the freakin' Man, such obstacles do not slow him down. At least not on Saturday. He rules. And he better remain in a Rockets' uniform next October!
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Just like last year when we were shouting (typing) Give Yao the ball!! now we can say the same thing for Scola.
I've always thought Scola was the man,
but do you not like to write in a grammatically correct manner? It used to be easy for T-mac… sigh
by clutchcitywillreturn on Mar 15, 2010 12:44 PM CDT reply actions
I was watching the Basketball Jones today
and they said Art Garcia’s Twittered that Lebron James has never had 20 FG in a game…So yes Scola is badass!
"What is a Laker anyway? A sub-aquatic Quaker? It doesn't make sense."
Sorry, but…
… this constant gushing over this guy is getting a little too creepy for me.
I “might” be able to understand it (maybe) if he was Hakeem or Jordan or even Magic but come on. He’s a very good player but he probably ain’t even getting to the Hall of Fame. He ain’t an all time great.
I’m curious. What’s with this big man crush? I don’t get it. Is he a relative or something?
And what will you do with yourself when the day comes and this guy retires?
(Before you get too pissed off, I’m sure I ain’t the only one on here wondering these things, either)
I had to stop arguing with drunks, Steeler fans, and all other fools.
It was making my brick wall jealous...
dude
Calm the fuck down. I have always had “favorite” players that aren’t the superstar. Too many people are Hakeem fanboys. Not enough are Scola fanboys. I like being unique in that regard. My favorite player ever is Robert Horry… Scola fits a very similar mold.
And he’s a badass.
“Calm the f*ck down”?
Who’s getting excited here besides you? I am merely stating my opinion. Unfortunately it’s an opinion that seems to have struck a nerve with you.
Look, I have my favorite players, too but I don’t feel the need to mention them or hype them up in almost every post I make. You do, for some reason. Why, I can’t hazard to guess.
No offense but as far as that ‘’Hakeem fanboys’’ crack you made goes, Hakeem has them because he is an all time great. He DESERVES all the ‘fanboys’ he has. The Rockets would still be without a championship if Hakeem hadn’t played for them. I doubt Scola will ever be that great.
I like Scola too but to even mention him in the same breath as Hakeem seems almost like blasphemy to me…
I had to stop arguing with drunks, Steeler fans, and all other fools.
It was making my brick wall jealous...
by steeler-hater on Mar 16, 2010 6:49 AM CDT up reply actions
let's break it down
I write a blog.
I have favorite players.
I therefore write about my favorite players with a certain amount of frequency…
… to continue…
The aforementioned favorite player drops a career-high.
I write about this career high in glowing terms.
somehow this strikes you as odd? This is why I said “calm the fuck down” because if you find it gratuitous that I would post a “Luis Scola is a badass” entry after he proved his badassery to the NBA world on Saturday, well……. you are in the wrong place.
So, yeah, your inability to grasp logic does get me a little excited and frustrated.
I guess if you consider a serious man crush like yours “logical”…
.. then your point makes sense.
BTW, just for the record your gushing over Scola has gone on a lot longer than just this one thread so please don’t act as though this is a one-time deal. You have to have been fixated on this guy for quite a while.
(Remember all your comments before the trade deadline?)
It would be like me posting over and over again in most things I write here “hey, guys. I REALLY love vanilla ice cream” and then proceeding to tell you why I do ad nauseum. I’m sure that after months of reading about that plenty of people here would be screaming “we get it, already SH. You love vanilla ice cream. You don’t need to cram that fact down our throats all the time. We promise we won’t forget it”.
But hey, whatever floats your boat. Me rolling my eyes over it isn’t gonna make a difference, I know. I’m just saying “we get it, already”. You LIKE Luis Scola a whole lot.
Maybe you should consider starting a fan club web page for him. Or have you already?
I had to stop arguing with drunks, Steeler fans, and all other fools.
It was making my brick wall jealous...
by steeler-hater on Mar 16, 2010 1:04 PM CDT up reply actions
Scola most likely won't be in a Rockets uniform next year
It’s pretty simple actually, there are (heat, nets, knicks, bulls, clippers, kings, wizards, thunder and maybe more) quite a few teams who are all under the salary cap and most of those teams are aiming for a big name free agent, considering there are what? 3 big names that are going to be free agents. And so far from everything I’ve seen I can safely say that Dwade will return to the heat, Bosh and LeBron are more likely to leave. So let’s assume that I’m right and say that lebron and bosh do become free agents (this is speaking optimistically of course), then the second tier free agents are, Joe Johnson, david lee, rudy gay, ray allen, ginobili and tmac.. well sorta. I might have left a few names off but I’m pretty sure that those are the main ones. So once they get signed teams will be able to offer scola a lot more than the Rockets will be able to. I dont think Daryl morey will match that, but thats just my prediction.
Change is the only constant
Hmm.
Scola isn’t young, and I think in general Rocket players aren’t overvalued. It’s certainly possible that Luis is pricing himself out of the Rockets budget, but I dunno. If I’m the GM of a team that didn’t get a big time FA this summer (and that will be 3/4 of them) what do you do? Break the bank for Luis Scola to calm down your angry fans? Really?
Anyway, Luis is getting a raise, but I think he and Lowry remain Rockets.
Significant gravitas shortfall expected in 2010.
As I recall…
… DM said as much. Scola & Lowry are gonna both get resigned if he has anything to say about it.
And apparently he does…
I had to stop arguing with drunks, Steeler fans, and all other fools.
It was making my brick wall jealous...
by steeler-hater on Mar 16, 2010 6:52 AM CDT up reply actions
Yeah but
The same thing was said for Artest and Wafer, what is the GM going to say “Oh well you know they played hard but we aren’t going to re-sign them”
Change is the only constant
by nick.twizzle on Mar 16, 2010 1:09 PM CDT up reply actions
The GM is trying to win games, he’s doing his job and he says whats necessary to give the players some initiative. Until Scola is signed Morey’s word don’t mean much.
Change is the only constant
by nick.twizzle on Mar 16, 2010 1:15 PM CDT up reply actions
DM came out and publicly stated that…
… it was the Rockets intention to resign both Lowry and Scola, even though it would cost the team a lot of money in luxury tax. The way DM worded it, he made it sound like it was all but a done deal.
He even mentioned that the owner was on board with it so obviously they had discussed this matter previous to that press conference where DM made those statements.
For DM to make such a bold statement like that months before it would (or may) actually happen is telling (IMO), since it would make him look very foolish if they don’t try very hard to follow through on it…
I had to stop arguing with drunks, Steeler fans, and all other fools.
It was making my brick wall jealous...
by steeler-hater on Mar 16, 2010 1:23 PM CDT up reply actions
I wouldn't say..
Break the bank, but he could help a team out there. He’s a very consistent player. I’m just stating that with all of the cap space other teams will have its likely that he’ll be offered more money else where. Especially with the way he’s been playing lately. If he keeps this pace and the rockets sneak into the playoffs. I’d say that are’s a pretty good chance that he’ll be handsomely rewarded.. maybe by the rockets but then again maybe not
Change is the only constant
by nick.twizzle on Mar 16, 2010 1:08 PM CDT up reply actions
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